Qur’an Translation and Commentary
سُورَةُ النِّسَاءِ مَدَنِيَّةٌ آيَاتُهَا ١٧٦

Surah An-Nisa Verse 21

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Verses 20–21

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An-Nisa 21

وَكَيْفَ تَاْخُذُونَهُ وَقَدْ اَفْضٰى بَعْضُكُمْ اِلٰى بَعْضٍ وَاَخَذْنَ مِنْكُمْ م۪يثَاقًا غَل۪يظًا ۝٢١

Mushaf

Transliteration

Transliteration

21Vekeyfe teʾḫuẕûnehû veḳad efḍâ baʿḍuküm ilâ baʿḍiv veeḫaẕne minküm mîŝâḳan galîżâ.

English Translation

English Translation

21How could you take it, when you have become intimately united with one another and, moreover, your wives took a covenant/pledge from you? Will you now take back the mahr you gave?

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Related verses

21An-Nisa 20Al-Isra 34

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The translation is the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çavdar, in English where it has been translated. Verse groups and the group translation are from the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çevik.

The Arabic text follows the orthography of the mushafs printed in Turkey. Transliteration: Muhammet Abay, “Çeviriyazı”.